Improvement in lamp-shaejb holders



E; P. GLEASON.

Lamp Sha de Holder. v

No. 96,909. Patented Nov. 16, I869.

mPETERS. FHOYO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON u c ppm Gtiifiine.

E. P. G L E A S O N, O F N E W Y O R K, N. Y.

Letters Patent N 96.909, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-SHADE HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, E. P. GLEASON, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied touse certain Improvements in the Construction of Shade-Holders for gasand other burners; and I. do declare the following to be a full, clear,and correct description of my invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a view of thering to receive the wires of my shade-holder, one of the wires beingremoved.

Figure 2 is a view of one of the wires of my shadeholder.

Figure 3 is a top view of my shade-holder.

In the drawings, like parts of the invention are indicated by the sameletters of refe1;ence.

The nature of the present inveption consists in certain improvements, asmore fully hereinafter set forth, in the construction of shade-holdersfor gas and other burners, the object of the invention being theproduction of a superior article of manufacture at less cost thanheretofore.

The "shade-holders most commonly employed consist of a ring, to which,at proper intervals, are'soldered the straps, between which and the ringhave been inserted the wires used to support'the shade, which wires are,in turn, soldered in place.

My improved shade holder consists of a ring of metal, A, provided withthe straps a, which straps I punch or stamp up, by means of a male and afemale die, out of the metal forming the rilng A, so that they shallproject beyond the face of tie ring A, and receive the ends of the wiressupporting, or intended to support the shade.

These wires B, for supporting the shade, are, prior to being bent intothe required shape, submitted to the action of dies, by which the endsof the same, to be inserted within the straps, are flattened upon oneside, while to the opposite side a half-round formation is given, asshown in fig. 2 of the drawings.

The wires B have their ends thus formed in order that, when placedwithin the straps a, the flat portion may bear upon the ring A, whilethe half-round portion accommodates itself to the incline of the strap,thus compelling the wires to retain their position, and preventing theirturning, or being turned, after being received within the straps a.

After the wires B have been placed within the straps a, formed upon thering A, the open spaces in the ring A, formed by punching out thestraps, may be closed by solder, or in any convenientway.

It will be seen, that in forming the straps out of the metalconstituting the ring, economy of metal is socured, while the ability tomanufacture is greatly increased over the old plan, and that, by givingto the ends of the supporting-wires the fiat and half-round formation, amore durable and superior article of mannfacture is attained. I

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

The combination of the wires B, having a flattened and half-roundformation, with the ring A, provided with the straps a, when the sameshall be constructed substantially as and for the purpose specified.

n. P. GLIJASON/ Witnesses:

J. O. GRANGER, A. SIDNEY DOANE.

